Overview

Are you a "Big Thinker"? Do you enjoy planning out imaginary cities, highways or transportation systems? Could you see yourself designing huge buildings or other structures? Do you like the idea of having to figure out how complicated systems work? Then you might like a career in large-scale planning and government!

On this page you can learn more about careers in this area and where you can obtain training or educational experience. ​

Want to learn more about other types of careers? Check out our "Careers by Interest Area" page here!
TOP RIASEC Categories: Investigative, Conventional
CTE Industry Sector: Engineering and Architecture

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You can get experience in this field in the following ways:
  • Find your city's main website and contact the Public Works department, City Manager or Community Development Department and find out how you might learn more about what they do! For example, here is the City of Chico website: https://chico.ca.us/chico.ca.us/
  • Reach out to a business or organization in the career area you are interested in and ask for information on what the job is really like and what type of education or experience is recommended. 

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Urban and Regional Planners
Event Planner
Logistics Managers
Civil Engineer

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